Wednesday, May 3, 2017

The Paranormal: Facts, Evidence & Proof

"On the weekend of April 29-30 I spoke at the annual Kent Paranormal Weekend
in Ohio. My subject: the history of the Men in Black. When all the
lectures were over, there was a lively question-and-answer session. It
was overseen by Jim Harold, of the Paranormal Podcast.
During the course of the Q&A, the issues of what amount to facts,
evidence and proof in the field of “the unknown” – such as
Cryptozoology, Ufology, and ghost-hunting – surfaced. What facts and
proof do we have? Is there any real, hard evidence? They were
interesting questions which provoked equally interesting answers. I
thought I would expand on my own observations (addressed at the gig) on
this issue here at Mysterious Universe.

"If there is one thing that can be said with certainty – on matters
relative to the paranormal – it’s that definitive facts and undeniable
evidence are most assuredly lacking. We’ll start with those
aforementioned MIB. Since my first book on the issue (On the Trail of the Saucer Spies)
was published back in 2006, I have received hundreds of reports of
encounters with MIB – mainly spanning the last few decades, but some
significantly older. I’m as sure as I can be that the vast majority of
those who have contacted me are honest, truthful people who just want to
share their stories, or who are hoping to get answers regarding their
encounters."